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The Mandatory Thanksgiving Hosting Guide to Cooking Your First Bird (And Everything That Will Go Wrong Along the Way)

Welcome, turkey newbies, to your first bird-cooking experience! Whether you’re just at that age where it’s time to take up the mantle of hosting Thanksgiving or you’ve been thrown into the role because of a changing of the guard, now’s the time to show your stuff — and stuff that bird (or rather, don’t, but we’ll get to that).

Cooking a turkey is an epic feat, one to which you’ll need to dedicate hours, if not days. Along the way, there will be plenty of opportunities for mishaps. But with a little planning and a little courage, you might get through this milestone culinary endeavor in-tact. This is the Mandatory Thanksgiving guide to cooking your first bird (and everything that will go wrong along the way)!

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